News from November 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2019
News Release: Initiative emphasizes enforcing gun prohibitions based on domestic violence convictions and mental health denials.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Washington County, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court on Nov. 12, 2013, to violating the federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2019
News Release: "Project Guardian" emphasizes enforcing gun prohibitions based on domestic violence convictions and mental health denials.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter Strasser announced today that OMAR ELI PEREZ-MURCIA (“MURCIA"), age 35, was sentenced on Nov. 12, 2019 for a one-count indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2019
News Release: FORT WAYNE - William McCloud, age 69, of Fort Wayne, Indiana was sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Holly A. Brady upon his plea of guilty to possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2019
News Release: A Nationwide Strategic Plan to Reduce Gun Violence Initiative Emphasizes Enforcing Gun Prohibitions Based on Domestic Violence Convictions and Mental Health Denials.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2019
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - On Nov. 12, 2019, the Honorable Michael J. Melloy, Senior United States Circuit Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, sentenced Ryan Mitchell Budde, 34, of Clinton, Iowa, to 130 months in prison for receiving and distributing child pornography, announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2019
News Release: Initiative emphasizes enforcing gun prohibitions based on domestic violence convictions and mental health denials.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 13, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON- Today the United States Senate confirmed Chad F. Wolf to become the Under Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans (PLCY) with a bipartisan vote of 54-41. President Donald J. Trump nominated Wolf to the position in February 2019. Under Secretary ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2019
News Release: A former senior U.S. Army civilian employee pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to accept over $100,000 in bribes while serving as the director of the range at Hawaii’s Schofield Barracks and to a related firearms offense. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2019
News Release: Today, Attorney General William P. Barr announced the launch of Project Guardian, a new initiative designed to reduce gun violence and enforce federal firearms laws across the country. Specifically, Project Guardian focuses on investigating, prosecuting, and preventing gun crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2019
News Release: The owner of a Detroit, Michigan-area physical therapy clinic pleaded guilty today for his role in a drug diversion scheme. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Special Agent in Charge Keith Martin of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2019
News Release: The Department of Justice has announced that ABS Development Corporation (ABS) has agreed to pay $2.8 million and give up $16 million in potential administrative claims to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by fraudulently obtaining a foreign military sales contract reserved for American companies. ABS, a Delaware corporation based in New York, is a subsidiary of Ashtrom International, Ltd. of Israel.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2019
News Release: Representatives from the Office of International Affairs and the Judicial Attaché Office of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division; the U.S. Department of State; and the Attorney General of the Republic of Colombia, Mr. Fabio Espitia Garzón; the Minister of Justice, Ms. Margarita Cabello ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2019
News Release: Ten men have been charged with conspiring to launder illegal proceeds that were fraudulently obtained as a result of Nigerian romance scam operation targeting multiple victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2019
News Release: The Louisiana Department of Health has agreed to resolve allegations that it submitted false and inflated Medicaid claims for long-term nursing home and hospice care, the Department of Justice announced today. Under the settlement agreement, the state agency has agreed to pay $13,422,550. “Today’s settlement ...
By Commerce News Now | Nov 13, 2019
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the initiation of new antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations to determine whether forged steel fittings from India and Korea are being dumped in the United States and to find if producers in India are receiving unfair subsidies.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 13, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia visited Phelps ACE High School’s career fair to meet with high school students as part of National Apprenticeship Week. The mentoring and networking career fair was sponsored by the DC Students Construction Trades Foundation, which sponsors accredited technical education for high school youth and registered apprenticeship instruction classes for industry workers.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 13, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has released a comprehensive Technical Assistance Guide (TAG) for the construction industry. The guide will assist contractors meet their legal requirements and responsibilities for equal employment opportunity by preventing violations before they occur.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 13, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Departments of Labor and Homeland Security today posted a Final Rule on the Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) website amending the regulations that govern the H-2B temporary non-agricultural labor certification. This rule will aid Americans looking to find and fill some of the 7 million open jobs in the United States.
